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September 27, 2017

P: Non-alphabetical order of external editing presets (macOS High Sierra)

  • September 27, 2017
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I have quite a few Lightroom external editing presets. These were always displayed in alphabetical order in the "Edit In" dialogue box but I noticed that, post upgrade to Mac OS High Sierra, the order seems to have become random. I tried deleting and re-creating but the issue persists. Not the most serious problem in the world but a workflow nuisance. I have reverted to the previous OS with the hope that a later release from either Abobe or Apple will address the issue.

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Genius
    February 14, 2018
    Glad you got it resolved.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 14, 2018
    Thank you for your help John, much appreciated. I had previously contacted and was told I would have to purchase if I wanted the latest version. Have gone upgrade as you suggested and appears to be resolved. Again thank you.
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Genius
    February 13, 2018
    Do Help > Updates to start the update process.
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Genius
    February 13, 2018
    Sid, you're still on an old version, CC 2015.6.1.  The latest version of CC 2015 is 2015.14.  You're also eligible to upgrade to LR Classic 7.2.  Either one should fix the problem, I believe.
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    tawnabrown
    Participating Frequently
    February 13, 2018
    yikes! And I thought the problem was you might be using LR5, which I thought was the reason I was having this problem! I was going to buy the LR6 as the last downloadable, stand-alone version ONLY BECAUSE I am having this problem..... but you're not even using LR5.  I am afraid this problem will continue on afterwards if I buy LR6, and it drives me nuts!   (Same thing happens to me after I modify a preset, everything goes in order, I never noticed that before).
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 13, 2018
    Lightroom version: CC 2015.6.1 License: Creative Cloud
    Operating system: Mac OS 10
    Version: 10.13 [3]


    ALL Capitals starting each preset version but jumbled


    So after I modifiy and save any preset, all are in correct alphabetical order as per below
    Sunil_Bhaskaran
    Community Manager
    Sunil_BhaskaranCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    February 12, 2018
    Sid,
    Could you please post a screen shot?

    Thanks,
    Sunil
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    tawnabrown
    Participating Frequently
    February 11, 2018
    Sid, i'm guessing you m night have LR5.... is that right? I think that is the only reason why I am continuing to experience this frustrating problem (you'll see that John R. Ellis commented on that above in the string). LR and PS also continuously crash on me, and it is beyond frustrating. I'm too afraid to upgrade to the last stand alone version that LR made, as I have no experience with loading new versions, and I'm nervous to do so!
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Genius
    February 11, 2018
    As your screenshot shows, LR retains spaces at the beginning of preset names.  When sorting strings, nearly all applications follow the convention that space comes before letters and digits, so that's why " Reset Grain" comes before the other presets. 

    Whether it's desirable for LR to retain spaces at the beginning of preset names is a separate question.
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Genius
    February 11, 2018
    Please do Help > System Info and report the exact version of LR and Mac / Windows.
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